Daily Almanac: Nov. 2, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 8:14 a.m.
SET: 6:40 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

HIGH: 71 °F
LOW: 46 °F

Today is…:

• All Souls’ Day
• Cookie Monster Day
• International Stress Awareness Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1889 North and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th states
• 1920 KDKA of Pittsburgh starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station
• 1983 President Reagan signs bill creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Births On This Day:

• 1755 Marie Antoinette
Austrian wife of Louis XVI of France
• 1865 Warren G. Harding
29th President of the U.S.

Deaths On This Day:

• 1950 George Bernard Shaw
Irish writer and Nobel Prize laureate
• 2004 Theo van Gogh
Dutch director